http://www.citytv.com/calgary/news_27693.aspx
If you take a walk down 17th Avenue, you'll see a lot of bars are gearing up for the 2006 version of the Red Mile. Signs are up, Flames logos are everywhere and many are calling it the 'return to red.'
But the city says the party's over and there will not be a Red Mile this year, or ever again. The city is issuing a message - they'll be getting tough on party-goers and they'll have a zero-tolerance policy in place any time the Flames take this ice for this year's playoffs.
They say there will be no more drunken crowds allowed on 17th Avenue, from Macleod Trail all the way to 8th Street southwest. The crackdown is also designed to put a stop to the types of assaults, vandalism and public mischief that happened during the Flames playoff run in 2004.
The Calgary Fire Department, E-M-S, and city by-law officers will join Calgary Police in patrolling the now infamous stretch of road ner the city's downtown core. Officers will be on foot, on bike and will also patrol the skies by helicopter to make sure revellers are kept in line.
Police also say they will not tolerate any sort of public nudity. Any woman caught lifting her top and exposing her breasts will be immediately escorted away from the area and dealt with accordingly.
All of this comes in response to resident complaints that the partying became way too noisy and got out of hand. Some residents and store owners complained of property damage and vandalism.
Other Calgarians say there's no way they'll be kept from taking part in a big party, come playoff time.
If you take a walk down 17th Avenue, you'll see a lot of bars are gearing up for the 2006 version of the Red Mile. Signs are up, Flames logos are everywhere and many are calling it the 'return to red.'
But the city says the party's over and there will not be a Red Mile this year, or ever again. The city is issuing a message - they'll be getting tough on party-goers and they'll have a zero-tolerance policy in place any time the Flames take this ice for this year's playoffs.
They say there will be no more drunken crowds allowed on 17th Avenue, from Macleod Trail all the way to 8th Street southwest. The crackdown is also designed to put a stop to the types of assaults, vandalism and public mischief that happened during the Flames playoff run in 2004.
The Calgary Fire Department, E-M-S, and city by-law officers will join Calgary Police in patrolling the now infamous stretch of road ner the city's downtown core. Officers will be on foot, on bike and will also patrol the skies by helicopter to make sure revellers are kept in line.
Police also say they will not tolerate any sort of public nudity. Any woman caught lifting her top and exposing her breasts will be immediately escorted away from the area and dealt with accordingly.
All of this comes in response to resident complaints that the partying became way too noisy and got out of hand. Some residents and store owners complained of property damage and vandalism.
Other Calgarians say there's no way they'll be kept from taking part in a big party, come playoff time.